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Noun: detention center
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: detention centre)
  1. A facility where people are held in custody, especially for political, security or immigration reasons
    "Asylum seekers were held in the detention center while their cases were processed";
    - detention centre [Brit, Cdn], detention camp

Derived forms: detention centers

Encyclopedia: Detention center